The main difficulty has been protein. When I was eating meat and dairy, protein came easy. On a vegan diet, you need to make a concerted effort to get enough protein to stay active. This means eating a protein bar and possibly some nuts every few hours.
While this is by no means unpleasant (cashews and pistachios are miraculous), it is very easy to forget and then start wondering why I am falling asleep at my desk.
So assuming that I have met my protein quota, I have been feeling very, very good the past few days. I have not once woken up with heart burn, which used to plague me after a night of drunken pizza consumption.
This diet has also made me feel much better... digestively. I won't go into detail on this, for for fear of making you feel much worse digestively, but you can assume that the difference was big enough for me to mention it.
I was a cross country runner in high school and an avid runner for my first year of college until my legs started to get worn down (I could go into a long story about my decline; pronated feet, stress on the knees....).
In order to stay in good shape, I have become dependent on exercise bikes and machines of that ilk. The only problem is that I absolutely hate doing this, and I therefore get much less exercise. There's just no way around the fact that exercising is much better when you are outside exploring new terrain.
My new diet makes working out feel much better, and I can overcome a lot of my usual frustration with being at the gym. In fact, that is where I'm headed right now!
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